PLOS ONE publishes its first Coronavirus-related paper - March 23, 2020
Open Access and Open Science are critical, especially in times of crisis. The COVID-19 outbreak shows how important it is for medical professionals, scientific experts, and every member of the public to have immediate access to the latest science. Equal access to the latest research can assuage public fears or… Read More
ACS launches virtual platform for sharing research from Philadelphia national meeting - March 23, 2020
Attendees whose abstracts were accepted for the now-cancelled spring ACS national meeting in Philadelphia will be able to share their posters and presentations through SciMeetings, a virtual science-sharing platform developed by ACS Publications in collaboration with other ACS divisions. The platform will be fully open access… Read More
EPJ N releases first free article in its ‘Key Summaries’ series - March 20, 2020
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies (EPJ N) has introduced the first free article in its ‘Key Summaries’ series. This ‘Key Summary’ offers an easy to understand description of the topical issue ‘Progress in the Science and Technology of Nuclear Reactors using Molten Salts’ published in EPJ… Read More
EPJ N announces completion of topical issue: ‘Progress in the Science and Technology of Nuclear Reactors using Molten Salts’ - March 19, 2020
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies (EPJ N) has announced the completion of the topical issue, ‘Progress in the Science and Technology of Nuclear Reactors using Molten Salts’, guest edited by Jan Leen Kloosterman (TU Delft), Elsa Merle (LPSC-IN2P3-CNRS, UJF, Grenoble INP) and Jean Ragusa (Texas A&M University). The two remaining… Read More
Bentham Science announces new journal, ‘Coronaviruses’ - March 18, 2020
STM publisher Bentham Science has announced a new journal, ‘Coronaviruses’ to cover the latest research on coronaviruses related outbreak and the methods employed to treat coronavirus infections. Every article in the first volume of the journal will be published as Open Access. Coronaviruses will publish… Read More
ORCID officially launches Irish Consortium - March 18, 2020
ORCID has announced the official launch of the Irish Consortium at the Irish Research eLibrary (IReL). The new consortium will be led by Dr Catherine Ferris, IReL Open Scholarship Officer, who will manage community and technical support for consortium members. ORCID consortia foster communities of… Read More
Elsevier’s International Center for the Study of Research launches ICSR Lab - March 16, 2020
The International Center for the Study of Research (ICSR) has announced the launch of ICSR Lab. With this new resource, ICSR provides researchers with a powerful cloud-based platform which enables them to analyse large structured metadata datasets. The new service contributes towards ICSR's goal to further the study of research… Read More
Health Literacy Research and Practice now indexed by MedLine® - March 12, 2020
Independent STM publisher SLACK Incorporated has announced that Health Literacy Research and Practice (HLRP) is now indexed by MedLine®. The Journal, owned by the Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA) and published by SLACK Incorporated, is an interdisciplinary and international open-access publication dedicated to advancing the field… Read More
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery expands with new journals - March 11, 2020
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery has announced an expansion, including rebranding and two new journals. The open access option in Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES) will be rebranded as JSES International and will focus on the international shoulder and elbow community. Dr. Pierre… Read More
EDP Sciences implements Subscribe to Open model (S2O) for Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (MMNP) - March 6, 2020
EDP Sciences has announced the implementation of Subscribe to Open (S2O) as a pilot open access (OA) programme in 2020 for Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (MMNP). MMNP is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing multi-disciplinary content on mathematical modelling. Under the S2O model, existing subscriber… Read More
